Chou, Joey: -
Joey Chou was born in Taiwan and grew up in Southern California. After graduating from Art Center College of Design with an illustration degree, he has been working as a Visual Development Artist on feature and TV animations for the past 10 years. Joey is currently working at Sony Picture Animation. He has worked on many productions, including The Emoji Movie, Hotel Transylvania 2, Cloudy with A Chance of Meatballs 2, Surf's Up 2, Kung Fu Panda: Legend of Awesomeness, and more. Prior to working for Sony, Joey has worked with other studios including Disney, Nickelodeon, Dreamworks, Warner Bros, Cartoon Network, Paramount, Sony, and Netflix.
When not working in the animation world, Joey has illustrated many books for children, including Disney's It's a Small World, several Little Golden Books for Random House (I'm a Ballerina, I'm a Unicorn, I'm a Narwhal, and I'm a Dragon), Monster & Sons with Chronicle, his own 'Press and Play' novelty series for Nosy Crow, and he is currently developing a new Teeny Tiny series with Scholastic.
Reidy, Jean: -
Jean Reidy's fun, lively and award-winning picture books have earned their spots as favorites among readers and listeners of all ages and from all over the world. She is a frequent presenter on writing and reading and at schools and storytimes across the country--in person and virtually. Jean is a member of the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators, the Colorado Council International Reading Association and she has served on the board of Reach Out and Read Colorado. In 2011, her "Light Up the Library" Auction, in partnership with Books for Africa, filled the library at Musana Children's Home in Iganga, Uganda. In addition to her books for children, Jean's articles on home, family, travel and writing have appeared in over fifty publications. She writes from her home in Colorado where she lives right across the street from her neighborhood library . . . which she visits nearly every day. Visit her at: https: //jeanreidy.com
